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BLACK HAT - Upcoming Events - Tuesday October 1 through Wednesday December 31, 2025

Cisco Events World Wide - Tuesday October 1 through Wednesday December 31, 2025

Microsoft Events World Wide - Tuesday October 1 through Wednesday December 31, 2025

Cyber Security & Cloud Congress - Europe - Wednesday September 24 through Thursday September 25, 2025

The NPA Member Advocator - October 2025 -  Online Global Chapter -  Tuesday October 21, 2025

The NPA Public Webinar - November 2025 -  Online Global Chapter -  Tuesday November 18, 2025

The NPA Member Advocator - December 2025 -  Online Global Chapter -  Tuesday December 16, 2025

SharkFest'25 US - Monday June 15, 2026

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NPA Pillar of Professional Development

Interviews with 1000+ Experts

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Professor Paulo Jorge Da Silva Bartolo: Presidential's Chair in Additive Manufacturing, Professor at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Executive Director of the Singapore Centre for 3D Printing at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore; Programme Director of the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC) hub at NTU; Fellow of the International Academy for Production Engineering

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Professor Lam Khin Yong: Vice President (Industry), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore; an accomplished Researcher, where he drives research and innovation partnerships across academia, industry and public agencies; French Legion of Honor; held past leadership positions at National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR); was founding Director of several notable institutions, including the NUS Centre for Computational Mechanics, the Institute of High Performance Computing, and the A*STAR Graduate Academy

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Philip Pfeifer: Entrepreneur; Highly regarded EOS Implementer and the Coach for The 10 Disciplines

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Maria A. Dahrieh: Serial entrepreneur; Impact leader; Investor relations expert; Founder & CEO, Earth05; Strong advocate for water rights and ethical AI

VIDEO INTERVIEW: Impact From Within: How Arnaud Saint-Paul Went From Finance to Heart Leadership

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Aditya Kumar Jha: Multi-award-winning researcher and builder; Pre-college student, globally recognized for his work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, computational biology, and systems engineering which spans fields as diverse as cancer diagnostics, liver disease modeling and socially-driven robotics

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Alastair Callender: Founder; Philanthropist; Speaker; Superyacht Advisor; United Nations Foundation Advisor; Exclusive Yachting Partner to the Queen's Commonwealth Trust; Founding Advisor to an AI Think Tank

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Adria L. Dunn: Founder of The Vineâ„¢ and Zero AIâ„¢

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Yannis Ioannidis (PhD): President of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); Professor at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Associated Faculty and past President & General Director at the "Athena" Research and Innovation Center

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Susan Drumm J.D., MCC: Bestselling Author; Speaker; Leadership Coach; CEO, Meritage Leadership Development

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Ralf-Gordon Jahns: Entrepreneur; Founder and Managing Director, Research2Guidance; Founder, R2GConnect; past management positions, focused on telecom and media industry

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Harrison Lung: Group Chief Strategy Officer, e & ; past Partner at Siris Capital, a leading New York-based private equity firm; formerly held the position of partner for technology, telecom, and digital in North America and Asia at McKinsey & Company; past technical architect for Bell Mobility, Sprint Canada (now Rogers Communications), and Accenture's mobile technology department

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Dr. Shubhra Jain: Key thought leader in healthcare technology; Seasoned healthcare investor and strategic leader; Spearheads healthcare investment at Tarsadia Investments; past Principal at Cota Capital where she established and led the healthcare vertical of a $1.5B fund

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Wes Wheeler: A Chat with Wes Wheeler: CEO & Director, LabConnect; two decades of leadership experience within the pharmaceutical services industry as past CEO/President of five different companies (President of UPS Healthcare; CEO of Marken; President of Valeant Pharmaceuticals (now Bausch Health); CEO of Patheon (now part of ThermoFisher), and Divisional CEO of DSM Pharmaceuticals)

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Mark Fister: Inventor, Award-winning Technologist; Co-Founder, CTO of Haystack

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Bevon Moore: Innovator; Serial Entrepreneur; CEO & Founder of Collabworkx; Founder, ElevateU.work; serves as a Looms Council member, actively supporting initiatives related to the Nuclear Safeguards and Blockchain in Practice programs

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Andreas Welsch: Internationally recognized AI leader; Advisor; Speaker; Founder & Chief AI Strategist at Intelligence Briefing; Adjunct Professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania; on Editorial Board of the Journal of AI, Robotics, and Workplace Automation; Author, "AI Leadership Handbook"

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Jesh de Rox: Anthropologist; Founder & CEO of HOURS, a company that builds deeply human models of individual minds; Developed Kindrêd, a result of deep research in human

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Matyas 'Maty' Bohacek: student at Stanford University, working on research at the intersection of AI and digital forensics; Specialized in AI for accessibility; Developed a novel architecture for sign language recognition; Co-founded and exited Verifee, an AI-based app for disinformation analysis; frequent Speaker on the broader implications of his research and AI's societal impact

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Rini Greenfield: Founding Managing Partner, Rethink Food; former Co-founder of Adaptive Management where she helped pioneer the use of big data analysis and visualization to make fundamental long-term investments

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Yanni Ching: Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Entomal Biotech; Co-founder, Women Impact Network; Honoured as a Tatler Gen.T Leaders of Tomorrow 2024 and a 20 Under 40 Food Systems Change Maker; Recognized as one of Malaysia's most promising entrepreneurs - was a top nominee for EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2024

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Nicole Musicco: Investor; past CIO at CalPERS, a $500 billion US pension plan; past Partner at RedBird Capital Partners; past Senior leadership roles at Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan ("OTPP"), a $200 billion Canadian pension plan; at Investment Management Corporation of Ontario ("IMCO"), led the $20 billion Private Markets investment program, across Private Equity, Infrastructure, and Real Estate

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Yann LeCun: VP and Chief AI Scientist at Meta; Jacob T. Schwartz Professor at NYU affiliated with the Courant Institute, the Center for Data Science, the Center for Neural Science and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department; Founding Director of Facebook AI Research and of the NYU Center for Data Science; 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering; 2018 ACM Turing Award (with Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio)

VIDEO INTERVIEW: A Chat with Mat Micheli: Trailblazing Entrepreneur: Innovator; Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Viral Nation; EY Young Entrepreneur Of The Year; and Joe Gagliese: Dynamic Entrepreneur; Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Viral Nation; first Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Toronto

 

 

Professional Growth Technical Writing

Technical writing is a skill many IT/Networking professionals are called upon to use in their roles, but it is not often taught in engineering and technical schools. For the January NPA Public Webinar, we will explore the purpose of technical writing, how to approach a project, and explore tips and best practices for putting words on paper.

Many more NPA subject presentations are available for your viewing.

 

   

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The NPA is offering the following membership promotions for 2024:

Returning Members

We want to celebrate all the NPA members over the years. Any former NPA member that rejoins the NPA as a Community or Professional Member after more than a year of inactive status will have their membership extended by one year free. Just email membership@npa.org with your Member ID after restarting your membership.

Student Members

Any student actively enrolled in a Technical, Junior College, Undergraduate or Masters College program can receive a free six-month Community Membership. Simply elect to Pay by Check and then email membership@npa.org with evidence of active student status.

Military Veteran Members

Military veterans can receive a trial six-month Community Membership for free, or receive an additional six months on a Professional Membership. For the trial Community Membership, simply elect to Pay by Check and then email membership@npa.org with evidence of military veteran status.
For the Professional Membership extension, after completing your membership enrollment, email membership@npa.org with your new Member ID and evidence of military veteran status.

Public Webinar Attendees

The NPA Public Webinars provide opportunities for non-member IT/Networking Professionals to enjoy a presentation following one of our core pillars of Career Growth, Professional Development or Ethical Integrity, and explore the benefits of NPA Membership. As an incentive to join the NPA, attendees of our Public Webinars can receive a six month extension to their Community or Professional Memberships. Simply email membership@npa.org with your new Member ID and the date of the Public Webinar you attended.

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